Solar Model Home tour
Los Lunas, NM
Monday May 3, 2010 ...
and continuation

BTU primer is important because it relates heat to production of electricity. And also exposes New Mexico new construction problems.

Mariposa new home field trip Sunday April 18, 2010.

EPRI Albuquerque REI April 27, 2010 lecture.

Solar PV seminar attended on Saturday June 19, 2010 at CST. Note solar panel angles shown on CST website.

Wednesday June 23, 2010 10:28 Renewable Energy World Webinar: 'Taking the California PV and Solar Thermal Markets to the Next Level' sponsored by Intersolar North America. Foil from above webinar. Prospects for Mechanical Power Transfer Technology in Modern Power Generation Mike Mattioli gave the presentation. Solar business interests and conflict with other interests. NM CAP AND TRADE COMPLAINT -- Public Service Company of New Mexico has filed its objection to the New Mexico Environment Department plan to develop a cap and trade program, arguing that such an endeavor must be national in scale and again questioning whether the Environmental Improvement Board, which would adopt it, has authority in the matter. Albuquerque Journal Insider email 06/21/10 4:01 PM Here's Mr Mattioli explanation. Mr Mattioli describes electric meter running backward. We have not seen this yet. We have seen two electric meters in solar PV installations, however. Listen to Bryan's explanation. Germany's Example. Why would one want to use solar electricity produced for home consumption when it can be sold to PNM for about $.13/kWh and bought from PNM for slightly over $.10/kWh? Pending expected Florida Public Service Commission approval, GRU customers can sign up for the feed-in tariff as of March 1. Participants signing up during the first two years of the program will be guaranteed a fixed rate of US $0.32 per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced for 20 years. http://home.comcast.net/~bpayne37/solar/loslunassolar/loslunassolar.htm#cstseminar

EVs run on 57% coal, 17% natural gas, 20% nuclear and 6% hydro. 57 + 17 + 20 + 6 = 100%. That doesn't leave much room for solar and wind generation of electricity. Seminar foils and other photographs taken. We were questioned about this. Below is questioner Patricia Mattioli. May 30, 2004 ... Judge John Brennan and Patricia Mattioli: “I am deeply disappointed and disturbed by the tragic actions surrounding Judge Brennan ... http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us Here is Mr Helton. Mr Helton seemed very interested when I mentioned pollution associated with solar panel production and disposal. We promised to send a link to When green turns brown. Listen to our conversation. Here's what was referenced as interest in first part of conversation. Harvard Architecture Requiem. PNM work proposal.

BP and the ‘Little Eichmanns’ Wednesday, May 19, 2010 PNM's CEO Sees Challenging Future In impromptu remarks, Price warned shareholders, "The days of cheap electric power are meeting the hard reality of sustainable power." Sustainable power, from wind, solar and other non-traditional sources, will be more expensive for customers, Price said. More Wind-Solar Integration. When green turns brown. Fraud Alert by Kelly Greene Monday, May 17, 2010 Scam artists increasingly are targeting people trying to repair their nest eggs. Here's what to watch for. Alternative Energy Heightened awareness of global warming, along with President Barack Obama's challenge to end U.S. dependency on foreign oil, has created a pool of baby boomers receptive to "green" investments -- some of which are fakes, Mr. Huddleston says. ... Steering Clear of Fraud Although every investment has its own set of wrinkles, there are some basic ways to steer clear of various types of investment fraud. If it seems nearly impossible to evaluate an investment product's underlying risks, "avoid it like the plague," Ms. Crawford says. Where the Wind Blows and Sun Shines. All-Electric Vehicles Prepare To Shock The Automotive Market. Preparing for the Coming Wave of Electric Cars.

consolidated SOLAR technologies. gave presentation Friday May 14, 2010 between 09:30 and 10:00. Friday May 14, 2010 PNM SOUTH WARNING -- PNM business and residential customers in Otero and Lincoln counties could see monthly power bills increase by more than 50 percent, the executive director of the Otero County Economic Development told the Ruidoso Village Council this week. Ms Kelly Zillowed our home and added solar panels! Ms Mattioli brings up a excellent point about the weight of the panels. Panel weight would cause the roof to deflect downwards thus pulling the tar paper away from the edges likely causing roof leaks. The flat roofs you see require maintainence at least once a year to prevent leaks. Ms Mattioli addresses this issue too. Please note the segment of the conversation about lack of privacy in our Internet world. Listen to Ms Kelly's presentation Monday May 10, 2010. Ms Kelly gave bill two SUNPOWER folders. Below figure does not appear to be posted at SUNPOWER website. http://us.sunpowercorp.com/residential/ http://home.comcast.net/~bpayne37/solar/loslunassolar/pnmusage/pnmusage.htm   Meeting arranged 09:30 Friday May 14, 2010 audio. 20o angle measured Sunday May 9 2010 and from a above photo Monday May 10, 2010. Panels on display.

Essential non-gas-wasting field trip Thursday May 6, 2010. 310 SOLAR 20o panel angle measured Sunday May 9, 2010. Listen to Jim tour. C meter is running backward, if I recall correctly.   Inverter same brand as in the Heritage Rio Rancho. Monday May 10, 2010 conversation with Mr O'Brien. CRT monitor was a refurbished about 17.5 in Gateway for about $55. Correction. White spot appeared in center of screen. So it was replaced with Samsung SynchMaster XL2370. If a device has a microcontroller in it we always purchase the extended warranty. Reason is that micro is smart enough to ask "When was I purchased? What is the date?, Has the warranty period expired? Was the extended warranty purchased?" If the warranty has expired and no extended warranty purchased, then there is a [good?] chance that the micro will make the unit fail. And you might say, "They wouldn't do anything like that?" Ask Iranians' opinion. Gateway was super-heavy. Samsung is very light. Note that it is resting on our supply of red, green, and yellow LEDs to give it a tilt. Last year our desktop got fried. The motherboard shorted. The power supply connector was welded to the motherboard. So it was replaced with a We read Officially AMD rates it as a 140W part. And hit the electric power panic button. We measured on July 2, 2009. Set automatic Hibernation, ... etc. And click on start | Turn Off Computer | Shift | Hibernate when we leave the computer. Monday we were curious about how much less power the LED samsung draws. Impressive reduction.

Patrick and inverter. Listen to Patrick explain solar home. Inverter showing kW output. Here's the meter measuring solar output to PNM grid. It is running backwards - clockwise. Just to the right of below meter is a second meter which is an ordinary kWh meter. It is running counter-clockwise. These homes aren't using the solar generated electricity directly. Rather output is being fed back into the grid. Grid tie Inverter tutorial. Bobbie gave me the phone number of Bryan in Los Lunas. Listen to Bryan's explanation. Here's home. Patrick is in garage. Radon vent pipe is the large one. HEPA filter. I exited Heritage subdivision to the west. Tens of thousands, of large homes like ones seen below. All consuming, on average, 630 kWh/month in New Mexico according to EIA. Mr Mazzei said that none of these homes are NOT Energy Star construction during a phone conversation on Thursday May 6, 2010. Mr Pena explains the problem below.

PNM electric load forecaster Steve Martin identified important factors in increased consumption of electricity,.

New construction industry is reducing square feet of new home which, if we recall correctly, was slightly over 2,400 square feet at peak.

Listen to what

says about new home sizes and why.

Essential non-gas-wasting trip to look at new home construction Monday May 3, 2010 in Los Lunas, NM.

Ray O'Connor on radon Tuesday May 4, 2010.

Rivera question about electricity storage for night Tuesday May 4, 2010.

Energy efficient DR Horton home visit first. Welcome to DR Horton audio. Square feet of new home appears to be decreasing from a high of about 2,400. Ray O'Connor lectures on Energy Star. Forgot to ask about DR Horton and solar so I returned. Ray O'Connor on solar. DR Horton Quick Delivery Homes Albuquerque. Solar electric panel to left. Solar thermal hot water to right. Front of model home below. Artistic Homes folder contained booklet Why Go Solar Frequently Asked Questions about Solar Energy for Homeowner by SCHÜCO. Artistic home tour introduction. Tour audio. Well-sealed home apparently cause air movement problems. Hot water container which can explode, Ms Rivera explains. Another Los Lunas configuration. When green turns brown. Coal train west of Los Lunas, NM Monday May 3, 2010. Four pulling locomotives. You can see two pushing locomotives in the background to left of center pole. About 128 rotary coal dumping cars from previous count. Lots of BTUs. BTU primer is important because it relates heat to production of electricity. 9.125 * 114,000 = 1,040.250 BTU used for essential non-gas-wasting field trip.

Solar electric and thermal panels photographed Sunday May 2, 2010 on cold rainy afternoon.

Panel on top right appears to be solar thermal for heating water.

Aten solar Corporation.

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